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In Lebanon, road blockades across the country by angry protesters resumed on Thursday, December 5, the day after the announcement of the date of parliamentary consultations for the formation of a new government. Several names of favorites at the post of prime minister circulated all rejected by the street. The last presumptive candidate, Samir al-Khatib, is a businessman with no political experience.
From our correspondent in Beirut , Paul Khalifeh
Groups of protesters began early Thursday to block the roads of Lebanon, protesting against the candidate to be appointed Prime Minister Monday, more than a month after the resignation of Saad Hariri under the pressure of the street.
From north to south, through central Beirut, protesters closed the roads with dumpsters, tires or other objects, despite heavy rains. Graffiti calling for the formation of an " independent and transitional " government was painted in front of the headquarters of several ministries in Beirut.
The general strike decreed by the committees of coordination of the protest was however little followed. If some schools closed, the shops were open. Scuffles erupted between protesters and traders who refused to lower their curtains in the city of Nabatiyah in southern Lebanon. The army intervened to restore calm.
The protesters protest against the possible appointment, Monday, December 9, to the post of Prime Minister, Samir al-Khatib, a great entrepreneur dubbed by the resigned head of government Saad Hariri. They accuse the power of ignoring their requests to form a cabinet of technocrats, presided over by an independent personality.